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Local government area 2001 wetland system extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2001 wetland system extent by local government area metadata
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Local government area Total area
(ha)
Wetland area by system Total
wetland area
(ha)
artificial and highly modified intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) lacustrine (natural) lacustrine (slightly modified) lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) palustrine (natural) palustrine (slightly modified) riverine
Total 172,958,711 277,706 1,150,321 4,133 514,040 36,971 61 2,848,336 81,268 2,590,091 7,502,926
Aurukun 732,422 3 33,276 34,777 4,502 72,558
Balonne 3,107,355 43,559 1,562 823 9,703 3,393 17,356 76,396
Banana 2,854,893 6,074 2,191 1,291 5,176 873 17,217 32,821
Barcaldine 5,343,937 1,150 6,864 376 27,754 260 29,356 65,759
Barcoo 6,225,666 377 83,777 165 223,730 330 142,832 451,211
Blackall-Tambo 3,058,028 1,182 471 1,579 72 12,436 15,741
Boulia 6,094,500 611 9,230 135 56,199 198 54,889 121,262
Brisbane 133,702 1,444 3,005 282 175 142 < 1 2,900 399 1,827 10,176
Bulloo 7,323,473 438 104,843 147 1 366,714 227 74,517 546,887
Bundaberg 643,060 9,892 4,873 20 13 955 4 9,188 197 17,078 42,221
Burdekin 501,407 2,882 38,267 510 113 1,742 5 4,803 9,643 22,383 80,348
Burke 4,014,624 558 157,914 605 49,188 265 85,061 293,591
Cairns 169,322 2,073 5,973 169 3 < 1 5,610 10 2,249 16,088
Carpentaria 6,416,297 1,779 315,439 2,785 960 4 143,449 1,195 192,565 658,176
Cassowary Coast 468,768 819 24,218 12 10 24 15,803 137 3,985 45,010
Central Highlands 5,978,961 27,963 3,436 2,820 14,037 1,664 58,812 108,732
Charters Towers 6,832,318 16,735 16,918 940 < 1 39,923 525 207,434 282,476
Cherbourg 3,176 3 2 23 28
Cloncurry 4,800,047 1,805 665 7,752 147 112,477 122,845
Cook 10,563,820 1,785 114,321 3,717 318 171,259 295 84,186 375,880
Croydon 2,950,931 154 132 2 28,509 237 48,070 77,103
Diamantina 9,466,497 172 256,622 278 945,860 56 190,351 1,393,340
Doomadgee 182,048 3 13,450 2,900 3 1,063 17,419
Douglas 242,258 43 4,854 12 8 < 1 2,440 1 2,319 9,678
Etheridge 3,922,447 1,714 482 715 25,532 224 111,953 140,620
Flinders 4,122,976 1,169 1,704 645 4 10,699 382 31,668 46,272
Fraser Coast 710,304 2,230 20,353 2,824 423 7 29,855 492 9,260 65,443
Gladstone 1,046,687 2,191 51,837 124 22 3,411 < 1 9,447 411 12,635 80,079
Gold Coast 131,543 2,442 7,019 406 5 2,171 525 1,081 13,649
Goondiwindi 1,927,347 15,459 212 682 5,531 1,682 20,404 43,970
Gympie 688,750 1,710 1,317 43 22 14,534 27 8,164 25,817
Hinchinbrook 279,886 521 14,000 2 7 7,268 804 9,086 31,687
Hope Vale 111,037 11 1,261 1,600 6,286 11 1,065 10,233
Ipswich 109,316 454 40 1,019 78 1,321 2,911
Isaac 5,866,105 9,086 29,838 918 540 3,511 4 14,262 9,024 86,028 153,212
Kowanyama 251,607 14 20,979 6 10,497 2 13,356 44,853
Livingstone 1,170,132 5,115 69,606 72 121 170 15,756 27,162 22,215 140,217
Lockhart River 360,008 3 9,128 9 1,124 9,814 20,077
Lockyer Valley 226,928 670 420 < 1 704 172 5,166 7,132
Logan 95,787 304 163 42 < 1 1,211 77 1,089 2,888
Longreach 4,056,045 950 48 569 420 87 49,202 51,276
Mackay 759,329 4,713 29,061 52 13 79 1 6,090 1,476 14,859 56,345
Mapoon 48,778 5,661 5,616 256 11,532
Maranoa 5,871,241 3,612 35 1,416 7,628 797 22,974 36,461
Mareeba 5,336,639 1,873 449 3,977 23,995 107 116,637 147,038
Mckinlay 4,073,302 745 123 39,096 831 63,071 103,867
Moreton Bay 203,800 3,577 4,921 1 34 209 8 8,590 224 2,123 19,687
Mornington 120,483 45 16,532 1,322 4 17,903
Mount Isa 4,320,811 4,285 1,151 10,120 3 125,662 141,222
Murweh 4,069,886 836 881 484 20,387 797 31,641 55,026
Napranum 198,237 15,925 10,971 1,090 27,985
Noosa 86,999 455 631 206 19 10,315 11 2,977 14,613
North Burnett 1,967,052 3,520 271 637 88 20,723 25,239
Northern Peninsula Area 101,970 < 1 1,618 76 13,599 1,051 16,345
Palm Island 6,856 12 46 9 58 14 140
Paroo 4,762,843 607 6,713 212 124,827 2,398 10,787 145,543
Pormpuraaw 438,210 6 17,398 32,774 1,863 52,040
Quilpie 6,745,663 633 249 182 89,046 209 59,784 150,103
Redland 53,839 157 4,141 26 310 54 < 1 5,969 32 8 10,698
Richmond 2,658,427 648 98 12,451 286 27,379 40,862
Rockhampton 654,851 4,522 20,940 46 382 955 2,986 4,035 5,947 39,813
Scenic Rim 424,149 1,731 58 973 154 3,636 6,552
Somerset 537,365 16,869 10 1 180 127 8,694 25,882
South Burnett 837,856 5,329 144 400 37 10,152 16,062
Southern Downs 707,743 4,243 30 8 315 44 8,958 13,598
Sunshine Coast 226,350 3,249 2,577 1 3 148 12,614 306 6,232 25,130
Tablelands 1,138,091 6,512 2,110 297 8 14,476 919 22,794 47,115
Toowoomba 1,297,638 6,915 20 85 857 70 6,513 14,460
Torres 89,793 93 29,626 95 3,961 509 34,285
Torres Strait Island 47,773 17,930 2 472 470 18,874
Townsville 372,785 6,973 16,257 123 220 1,552 1,807 11,800 38,732
Weipa 1,015 9 9 13 31
Western Downs 3,794,332 8,563 256 1,263 4,113 886 13,732 28,812
Whitsunday 2,383,116 20,140 25,804 1,761 14 814 1 8,572 4,267 72,233 133,606
Winton 5,381,026 1,260 2,294 622 45,331 63 138,313 187,883
Woorabinda 39,303 23 5 4 252 5 642 932
Wujal Wujal 1,173 22 22
Yarrabah 15,569 3 151 2,210 44 2,409

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of local government areas.

Disclaimer

Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).

All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.

Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.

Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Local government area 2001 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2001/lga.html

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